The Sun. — London, England, 1808-12-19 00:00:00

V • CITY OF LONDON TAYk.R.:\', DECEMU 13 TIE COMMITTEE appointed on the gth of 1. December, by the .N 1 E kelt N IS'*and. IN FIAI3I - 1 %ti i's of LONDON, to attend to the Application of a Geucial Subscriptixi in aid of the brave SPANISf I T f 1 oTS, now struggling in the Field to defend the - Pr r v from a iurcitn and crut.i Invader, cannot discharge th4t duty without waking an earnest Appeal-to the Aitention.of their generous Countrymen, of all ranks, in behalf of a Na tam and a Cause so interesting to all the sympathies of Bri. • A people contending for their independence, liberties, arid securd.), front. foreign tyranny and oppression—a nation, friendly in its dispositions—honourable in all its national conduct and charader—fitted by political and commercial in-erests and relations, to be closely connected in alliance and jib Great Britain, and now struggling with he roic fortitude, in t common cause, against a common and most tortmdable toe ; -suffering in the ardnous'condid the greatest itardsnips, and enduring the severest privations, has, sure!) , strong claims of every kind on every inhabitant of: these island's ; and though toe greatest exertions have, with tat. general gppro:aation of this nation, been made by - Go vermnent 1,, artOrd the most extensive, speedy, and etteetnal aids ot tteasu:_e, antis, ammunition, military stores, -equip ments, and clothing, for the maintenance an d support of the Spanisii trolos, together with the succour of large bodies of !tr.; isn Solityrs, it is still telt, that the generous • manitesta t nut toe popular sentiment. and such further aids, of . va- ,iy, ! s kinds, as a general and liberal Subscription may sup -1 11 - , cannot lolat have an died animating and consoling to the soldier, asd convincing to the Spanish Govermnent and p.:,,pte, of the perfect union in opinion and sentiment this subject subsists throughout these islands. Toe Committee rely, with confidence, that the good ex amide of the public Corporations and Companies, and .of the ii,hanu ants ot the Metropolis, will be followed by the pii i t -al Cities, Tow;is, and Districts ot the United King (loin, in order to form together an offeriog worthy of the great cause inr which it is made -of the high character and ant ot the Entpire which presents it, and fit to be accepted by sire gallant, disinterested. and high-sphited nation, to wlivae brave detenders it is uttered. Amount of Subscriptions advertised -,Czs,ts6 o 6 ADDITIONAL susscaler IONS• flis Cr2ce the Duke CI Queensberry, per i. Contrsand C . 0.,C5000 0 1,131 inac.eburn - 105 At Messrs. Prescott and Co. Sven Ilayardahl W. and IV. G. Salta sz to Charles, Samuel, and George Enderby ' 105 o 2 2 At the Marsion-llouse, John William Anderson, hart \Ve this morning . ,Spanish Papers to the toth inst. from ‘Lhlch.we have made the. fullowiN Extra&s At Sir R. C. Glynn and Co.'s. Thom.ss . Poyncier ,or.l Son At Lloyd's Coffee-house. St 10 26 5 GERoNA,Sov. 14:—The following anion affords an additipnal proof of the gallantry of the Somatenes (a -kind of,rnilitia), and does infinite honour to their valiant Commander. On the 30th of O&obcr, Captain NARCISO CO DEitca, of the Miquelets, who served in the late war with France, and is now 70 years of age, re ceived orders to collect all the troops who were in EspollaVellainaniscle, St. Quizce, and Ribos, .and to occupy with them the most advantageous points, and shoUld the enemy attack hiS position, give im . mediate notice to Don JUAN CLAROS, who cam manded in the environs of Rosas, and intended to The Earl of Chester- Brandrarn, Temple.. ti. ,(1 - - roc 0. .man and Co. - tco o Nat I...iniel Harden 2I o Thomas Pickles - 5 5 Jui.ll Lucks - - 1 1 Robert Hitchens - 5 5 Is. tiottrdr; lon - to to Garden and Stratton 5z to A tcheson and Morgan '. to to Samuel Allen ' - t 1 Gloson and Sun 2 2 lames Scott - 5 0 Robert K:ngston - 25 o Thomas Langston 21 o l&undell, Bridge, and Leech and Dallintore . 52 ro wur,dell - -105 o The Printer of the - 10;ePli Cotton . 21 o' Public Ledger -20 u it nderson, Swan, & Co. 21 .1 M. Gilmore ' 5 5 W. Ptice;ship.oroker to to , Cooker, Jackson, and Batarci, Sampson, and I Maude - -Sharp - - 105 o Anthony Hinrichs t. .Cut.lr.er, per Child George Anthony i and Co. - - to lo 3o 0 lo lo 1 1, SAbscriOtions are received ►►t the Mansion-house, Lloyd's CotiZ:e-house; and All the Bankers of London and West stiinster. - r he Bankers and others, who halie received Subscriptions, are iespeclfully requested to send the particulars to the Com mittee at the Cary of London Tavern. MAILS. AA RI V ED—z Dublin. Wawa - ord. Dv 1--s Gottenburgh, Multa, 1 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS D. V AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. 66 Red. Ann. - 1- - - .65R i FETE SUN. 40LALI QUI& DICIRI ■ALSUW AUDIAT ? L 0 N D 0 N, MONDAY, DECEMI3EII 19, 1808. reinforce hii - u in that case, itt order to prevent the We have but little to add to the intelligence which we communicated to our Readers on Saturday, re specting 111-.2 progress of the French, and their entry into Madrid. The details which the French Papers alfited us, are by no means explicit, indeed as a nar 7 raiion of military events, they are hardly intelligible. Of the Main fast, however, by the entry of the French into Madrid, we think there is very little room tmdoubt : but whether the Spaniards made any rt-si4ance, or whether they obtained favourable of C ipitulation, we are not told. We are, however, rather inclined to suppose that the Spanish Generals, finding it impossible to defend Madrid, is in - fact, in a military point of view, an ( T eri town, have retired with the main body of their fotees. The loss of the Capital is certainly an af f!ctit:g event : it is by ro means decisive cf the foe of . Spain. When we received Intelligence of the Meat of CAsTats:os, we stated our opinion that the. Spaniards not be able to make a serious staid except in t 11,.. Passes (lithe Sierra Morena. There, however, they may resist the progress of the French, and we still entertain hopes that in the South of spain, where the French sustained their first defeats, ~ t4ey will meet their final discomfiture. Tile other intelligence in the French Papers is not r.,F a very interesting nature, except that BUON A ,k n'rg has by one Decree establishet,lanew Nobility in. France, under the old titles, viz. Counts, Barons, end Chevaliers; and, unlike his new Dukes, they their titles from .places in France. -Government have not received zany accounts from respecting the movements of'the French Army in Spain, since they forced_ the. pass of the Soma Sierra. Whether ,that event, and the subsequent Capture of Madrid, has induced our Generals to enemy froM entering the narrow pass. of the moun tains. On the' 3d inst. actually arrived in the town of Ltnasa 180 Italian satellites, with their Com mander and three subaltern. Officers. CODERCH and PAIRIE, who commanded the Somatenes, with out being discouraged by the intelligence they received, that the above troops formed merely the advanced guard of one thousand men, who were marching to the said town. They re solved to attack them with about 100 men, 60 of whom were armed, and ordered the rest to take a position in the neighbourhood, so that they could be seen by the enemy. The attack com menced' at two o'clock in the afternoon, against dif ferent points of the town; the enemy left the town, and took post in a height near the sea, where they made a vigorous resistance; but at length the invin cibles surrendered to the invincible valour of some armed peasants, and were all taken prisoners, the i - whole of which amount to 139. • 1 OVIEDO, Nov. 29.—Our General , of the Army of Reserve, which reached town:on . the 21A in the . ' morning, occupies already the principal points" by which the enemy threatened to advance to this town, and. in a few 'days • he- will -have sufficient troops to defend all the places which are not covered by our army of the left. He is at present in Kirudesella, - and it seems that the enemy, in cbn sequence of his march, has fallen back to a con . siderable distance from all the points to, which he had advanced. We do no longer entertain any fear of this' Province being invaded by the • • ' enenV and bhould he attempt an inva.ion, every inch of ground will be disputed with him with the utmost energy and valour. All the inhabitants breathe only for war, liberty,, and vengeance -Atti.squEz, Nov. co.—General Don Fitit , lcisco XAVIER de CASTANOS repous, under date of the Gal inst. from Calatayud, .that on the Fist, be le ceiVed intelligence of the enemy having advanced by Orrna, with infantry and 4000 horse. • Tilts intimation not remaining then any ways doubtful, he immediately gave orders- tOr the army AO fall thick the same night, to a position extendwg froni Tara zona to Tudela the last point to be, occupied, by the troops of the army of Arragon, and the huh 'di vision of the centre,' which were in Caparruso. When the order vas received to retreat,. the enemy was already in motion to futack.his auranced parties, having advancel in the course of the morn ing against Catalonia with (WO pieces of ordnance, and taken post on the heights, within gun-shot of Calahora; which movement was undoubtedly made with the intention to commence the attack at break of day. Notwithstanding this movement, the army con tinued to retreat, in the darkness of the night, with considerable trouble, and 't he divisiotr reache' their respective points by marciiiii,; that night and the following day, fur some detention arose from the re moval of the park of 'artillery trom Ui ntrueaig,o, and on the 2 2d the four divi,ions of the army were in the position which they had to occupy without hav ing sustained any loss. On the 23d, the advanced parties reported that three columns of the enemy were Marching in the , direlion of Tudela ; the generale was beaten, and while the troops of Arragon were passing the bridge, the enemy occupied the points of attack, which I began at eight o'clock in the morning ; at ten o'clock the whole line was engaged. Our troops main tained their position with the utmost valour, and the enemy was repulsed on all sides. He renewed the attack, and rendered himself master of an olive-grove on the left, whence he decended with a tremen dous fire, but . was so ivell received by our gallant troops, that, after a most obstinate conflict, he was compelled to retie at. While our troops were pursuing the defeated enemy on our left, another division of the ene my penetrated through Tugela on the right, and took our pursuing troops in the rear. This decided • the tate of the aptLhothing was left for our army but to retreat to Buda. halt. ) ; or to retreat, must b e therefore at present Whife this was going forward in Todela, the matter of conjeeture. .We Understand,' howe ver , fourth diAision, commanded by . General LArENA, that the embarkation of the Trows fol. Spain gill which was in CAseante, two hours march from the continues with unabated ae - tivity. field ot, battle, had received orders to attack the -eight - flank of the enemy; they found 3000 French infantry and locla cavalry opposed to them, in the . i 8 of offering, battle. LAPINA immediately engaged, de feated, and pursued them to the heights of Tudela, . where he was attacked by the enemy's troops who occupied the heights. LAP/NA retreated to the position of Cascante, where he defeated the enemy, and at the fall of night began to fall back to Borja ; on his retreat he was again attacked by the enemy, but no troops Ichecked his progress, and the four divisioni reached l3orja, whence they marched to Calatyud. 1 The force of the Enemy, in the a4,- - tion of Tudela, amounted to 40,000 infantry, and froth 6 to 7000 cavalry. Their loss has been very considerable, as 1 has likewise ours in missing and prisoners, but the Inumber cannot be accurately ascertained. All the IGenerals of Divisions have made out and delivered 1 their lists. • in a Letter of the 27th Gen. CASTANOS sends ad-, vice, that not having in Calatayud the ineansof sub sistence, and having received notice that the enemy threatened to attack Somosierra ; for these reasons, and wishing to be near the capital in case the French should endeiwour to advance to it, he had determin ed Logo to Segainza. Yesterday morning his MAJESTY:, Princesses Au- GUSTA, SoPHIA, and AMELIA, accomvemied by Ladies CAROLINA WALDEGRAYE, G. MuaaAY,,and Miss VYSE, Generals CARTWRIGHT and FiTzaoY, rode to St. George's Chapel - , and heard a sermon. On ThUrsday a meeting of a Cobm - iitree ot• the Privy Council was held at the Council Chamber, Whitehall, to hear and determine Prize Appeal,. On Saturday a tnee.ing of the board . of "12rLide was held at the Office in Wlffie:iall: Saturday 'horning early the Mike of Y.-iRK left own for Windsor, and !hid an audknce of his-MA ESTY upon iniiirary,Ousiness; afterwards spew, the day with their MAJESTIES and tile PRINCESSES, and inthe evening went 'to Odtlands, His Royal High- ness is expected in town this day. - His MAJESTY rode on horseback , on Saturday in' Windsor Pack, accompanied by the Duke of Y O RK, rfiOCCSSei AUGUSTA, SOPHLA, and AMELIA. Mr. SHAW, it appears, reached Paris O. Tuesday last, and delivered his dispatches to M. CHAMPAGNY, the French Minister for Foieign Affairs, who re ceived him 'with great potiteness, and entertained him in hiz - bWn house until Wednesday, when he , obtained an answer,. and set out on his return.. On "the day preceding Mr. SHAW'S arrival at. Paris, it .was known there that tne French artny had entered Madrid ; but it caused no sensation, being con- - - Sidered as a matter of coulke. A bag of letters was received on Saturday at the Post Office t) -own. Gibraltar, with accounts from thence of the 23d ult. Ihey.mention that another Revolution has taken place in the Government at Algiers.—Tile particulars are not stated, farther titan `that it watt effected by some of the soldiers . , of the lley's army, who had returned from Tunis, when they forced their i fay into the pa!:ice, and assassi nated_ the DEY in hispwo apartment, together with several of his Ministers. THE ART4;---The Piaures which are to be sub- milted to the Governors of MP. BRITISH INSTITU- T:Ceti, fur the premiums assigned to the best works ill the depat tments of the His-roatrAL or POETICAL, LANDSCAPE, Subjects in FAMILIAR LIFE, and SCULPTURE, were last week placed in the Gallery, in Pall Mall, for the inspection of toe Patrons, who are to decide on their respective merits, and award preMiums accordingly.., The procitai: - toris of the several Students, wliose mines are to be concealed till the-award shall be nisde, manifest a considerable improvetn , nt in the Arts since the last 'Exhibition at this place, and strongly demonstrate the utility of the Institution.—The Carpenter's Shop is a work of prominent merit, and chews how much , genius, in this vrovinee, has been stimulated by the exertions of WILKIE. Indeed this piCture, in mechanical dexterity, would -do credit to the hand df that ex cellent Artist.—A_Deronshire Cottage, in the same stylv, is also an adtmrable specimen of ability in this line. —The Music-Master, in imitation of the Flemish School, is a tine specimen of high-finish- in g, and is altoi;etner a pleasing and expressive com position.--A Pitture from a scene in the play of Cyniteline is also entitled to great commendation. The scene respresetus the supposed death of imogen, and tots Artist has entered with great spirit and feel ing into 'the conception of the Author. The old Man and the young Mountaineers are well conceiv ed, and display charatteristic spirit. There is also a very fine representation of a passage in The Lay cf the, lust Minstrel, where DELORAINE crosses the river by moo A-light. This picture is conceived with true poetic spirit, and with a boldness of imagination rarely found in mride'n produc tions. The scene is striking, romantic,. and dig niried,, and the whole makes a strong- iMpressi;.in on the mind. Cymon, from DRYDEN'4 Fable, is en titled to a very favourable notice. It is painted in the style of that excellent Artist Smntxg. Susannah and the Elders should not be passed without a com mendatory notice, nor the scene from The Lay of the Last Minstrel, where the venerable Bard is per forming before . the Duchess of BUCCLEUGII. • A Landscape, with Cattle, in the style of CUYP, is among the very best produCtions in the Gallery, and another of IPOOdi.utLrs, in .the manner of ItysnAct.,- has very great merit.• It may, indeed, rank with similar works of very high 'name. There is also an. admirable model in plaster ; of Sampson breaking his bonds, that would'do honour to a veteran artist:-- Several other pi Lures in the Gallery we shall notice . hereafter. • The pictures are placed in .two of the . rooms, and are so judiciously arranged, as to have the full advantage of light, and they ate all - in . si tuati•ms best.. calculated t 4 display their respditive _merits. We ought not to conclude without again testifying our sense . the value of this laudahleln stitution, and of its probable intioence in raising the arts of this country to a height which they have ne ver bpt . ore attained, and which mai . bid defiance to the e;firts.of contemporary talents of every other state, and of all of them in collective crpulation, SECOND EDITION. THE following interesting official intelligence horn the Spanish Papers did not arrive time enough lot our first impressio : • The Major-General Don BERUTO S. JETAX, 1)9° 14 in the puerto of Somisierrc, sends advices, : in a leller . of the 48th of this month, that at break of day that,. morning, the division of, troops under his command were alarmed, and immediately under arms, ex. 7. • peeling to be attacked in force by the enemy, 1 4 all the advices received during the night concurred in seating that in the morning Of the preceding dal' great - numbers of the enemy's troops bad' dated by Aaranda, to Duero-, direeti•ng their march to the encampments of Bouquillas and la Granja, with many pieces of artillery, and that dtiring the whole day they were conveying artillery, and other military stores. Accordingly, a little after six in the morning'. were heard in the heights of Sotnesierra, various dis" charges of artillery and small arms, COntinuallY in" creasing, and all in the direction of th e pas s of Se pulveda, left' no doubt chat an atad cic would be made ; he certainly could confide in t he resistance of the_ brave garrison, which had been reinforced tho day before (ihe s.,'"itli) with 1000. slicers of the regiment of Jaen. The number of the enemy could not' but c" ite , solicitude, am! from the moment of the attack, he : took proper measures to send succours of infantrYi artillery, and ammunition; but without the assistance of winch they effected the complete defence of, this point; Brigadier Don -JUAN JOSEPH SARDEN, lonel of the regiment of cavalry of M o ntisilr who commanded at the post • o f Sepulveda, Wri te s that he was attacked at break o f day, by tl Enemy, with from 3500. to 4000 i n fantry, 1500 caValry,' and four pieces of artillery, an d that he 11.34 repulsed them . W•ith glory to the arms of the Ki n g and the Country. He proposed soon to send she Pi t ' cuinstantial details dt the aetion, in which he we have suffered some kiss, but he supposes Aft of the enemy must_ have bein doable, the O il. having continued till ten eclock.: NAVAL NEWS. From the LONDON GefZETTE, Dec. 17,134* Admiralty Office, Dec. 17, 18(18. Extraa of a Letter tram ReAr-Adwirai • Sir fidi.v2rd Pell e t. Bart. Commander in ci,iet: of His Majcbii's 44 • vessiOs in ,the' East ',tidies, to the lion Win "C"° 0 0, - Vole, dated on board His Majesty's Ship Culloden, Point de Wile, loth of I une :SO. You will be pleased to acquaint the 80ar. 0 .. 0 07 his Majesty's Ship Culloden, on her pass4e, atia Boinbay to Madras, this morning t e ll in wi ' ! ; " 6 10 .. captured L'Union French Privateer, o f and eighty men. • OS PLTYLOtTIi, DEC. 17.—Arrived the Satu ru ' 4o —. 74 guns, from the Channel Fleet ; th e Sir O il ! , Scott, Capt. BALL, from Teneritie ; and the V ile • borough, Capt. PARTRIDGE, from Oporto - d i.. ter of the latter states, that the 42d and 4bt h re ! ments had arrived theie from Lisbon, and cod menced their march towards Spain on the sd' inst , Arrived the ifillictrn, LEVI??, from Sailed the Harlequin Arm e d Ship with a C° l3V° for the Downs. ant ,The Clorinde and Bri ll iant Frigates are One of harbour, and anchored, in the Sound : the fall! is to sail for the East Indies. Arrived . the Whiting Schooner from the Ch an !: Fleet. • VVaterforc!:i._ r oj , MARGATit, DEC. 18.—The East' India pat. is on shore on this side Fairnesi 140 0 ");or main and mizen mast gone ; ati East has put into the Ifirbour ; a Git;-Itoy ° i s : 1. 1 5 6 in the B3y ; four Sail of Eakt India Ships cc ; , Roads, two of them with signals flying for ° s3is —l3ll OOO the easternmost has just cut her cables , alld g round the land. • - 7 -- i s PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 18.—Arrived ' His Maiest/ • Ship Pelter from the, Downs ; Brig 'Ma r y , of Vle don, JAMES, from the Downs, bound to Rio dejc neiro, with loss of an anchor and , cable ; Bee, 010 4 . 1 -01 London, HARDING ; and Twins, of London, ,0. thence, TINDALL, Master;' and the T rans port , S r •' Fame 'ALLEN, from the Downs, with loss °I s o chors and cables ; as also the Fortuna, ' bound to Shields. • . D Os' 1 Sailed His" Majesty's Ship Furious for the mils: , DOVER, DEC. 18.—The Duke .of 16121"se•fot Inch:limn is now off here, with' the l os s of 411°11°11 and cables. s o f Several Vesiels have put in here wit h the .°5. d ar anchors and cables, and other damage receiv ing a heavy gale last night. S itiP s FAI.MOUTH, Dec. 16.—Saded his Majesty eet of Semittuzis j Alert, and Aonparei4 V t h a Fl Tlansporis for Spain.